As is customary, this year’s Bestival – held on the Isle of the Wight from the 5th ‘til the 7th of September – has at its devious core a fancy dress theme. What does Rob Da Bank want you to be in 2008? ‘30,000 Freaks Under the Sea’.

What does that mean in real terms? Mermaids. Lobsters and shit. If you need inspiration, here are the Wikipedia and imdb pages made for Jules Verne’s sci-fi classic and its film adaptation, the trailer for which is below:

- - - Trailer for 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

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Bestival takes place, as we said earlier, at Robin Hill Country Park on the Isle of Wight. Tickets have now sold out.